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Federalist Radio Hour

The Truth About The Biggest Border Crisis In U.S. History

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Todd Bensman, a Texas-based senior national security fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss President Joe Biden's role in creating the biggest border crisis in U.S. history and what needs to happen for the crisis to end.

You can find Bensman's book "Overrun How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History" here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Overrun/Todd-Bensman/9781637585702

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:21.2

I'm Emily Jisinski, culture editor here at the Federalist.

0:23.6

As always, you can email the show at radio at the Federalist.com, follow us on Twitter

0:27.7

at FDRLST.

0:29.2

Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.

0:33.3

Today we're so excited to be joined once again by the one and only Todd Benzman who is

0:37.7

out with a new book.

0:39.0

It's called Overrun, How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in US History.

0:45.7

I've been really looking forward to digging into this book.

0:48.9

Todd, thank you so much for joining us.

0:50.7

Great to be here.

0:52.0

Thank you very much for having me.

0:53.6

Let's just break down what's in your subtitle right there because you have two points.

0:57.6

One, greatest immigration, greatest border crisis in US history, and two, Joe Biden causing

1:03.9

that.

1:04.9

How do we know, first of all, that this really is the greatest border crisis in US history.

1:10.5

A lot of people will think back to the waves of migrations, whether it's in the 19th

1:15.5

or the 19th century, the early 20th century.

1:18.9

Obviously, there are huge differences that you're very familiar with in the process between

1:22.2

then and now.

1:24.8

What do the numbers tell us about this particular wave of illegal crossings at our border?

1:30.9

Right.

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